The picture has nothing to do with the topic at hand. I don't care. Todays post is written with the most possible amount of care i can drum up in regards to a topic that a lot of people seem to think is a major thing for guilds, yet as a guild leader, I've seen as a chore to those in charge of keeping it going: The Guild Bank. Don't get me wrong, I love Guild banks! I have 2 bank alts with their own! But without proper organization it becomes less like your guilds war chest, and more like the underneath of some teenagers bed.
Last week I spoke about Guild Ranks in Cata, and alluded to this weeks topic: the guild bank. How will we handle it/manage it in Cataclysm?
The guild bank, to me, has never been a big deal. Its more of a status thing. The more slots, the cooler you are. Yet nothing of major values really housed in there. Whenever someone tells me that a guildies toon was hacked and they stole shit from the guild bank, its not a big deal. What did they steal? A stack of Peacebloom and page 10 of The Green Hills of Stranglethorn? Maybe some lvl 78 blues?
Cata will let us buy 2 more slots. That's great! more room for our useless shit!
Of course it got that way because there were never any rules or guidelines. Any guildie could dump a lvl 20 mana pot thinking another guildie would pull it out one day.
So that reckless using of the guild bank as The Goodwill comes to an end in Cata.
Tab 1 is for crap like the Green Hills, and other silly drops that may or may not be useful. That will also be the transferring tab, and will be really open for most of the guild. Like 10 withdrawals a day per toon on that tab. That's OK. Most of it will be crap anyways.
Tab 2 will be the tab where all the armor and weapons will go for Disenchanting. And on a regular basis someone will DE that crap, and put the mats in that same tab until tab 7 gets bought.
Tab 3 is for all cloth and lvl 80 - 85 buff foods. Any by cloth, I mean Wool, Rune, Netherweave, Frost, etc. Keep your damned linen crap cloth. And don't be putting in your crappy Rhino Dogs, either. Put in some spider meat and you're just begging for a gkick.
Tab 4 is ores, bars, leathers, and other general Blacksmithing + Leatherworking things.
Tab 5 is Gems and Flasks. Endgame crap only. That's 80 - 85 for a while, and then purely lvl 85 once we start raiding. Nobody wants your lvl 62 red cut. Anyone looking to gem their level 62 legs is spending too much time worrying about their stats at level 62, and not enough time levelling. If you cut a Burning Crusade gem and are thinking about donating it to the guild bank - DON'T. Vendor that shit, thank the game you got a skillup point out of it, and keep moving.
Tab 6 - Mats and the Cata equivalent of Primals/Eternals. There's always some old enchantment that you want to make for an alt that requires a random old school Primal, or Eternal, or some other weird out of the way thing. This is the place to put it.
Tab 7 will be all those GCEs, LCE's, Dream Shard, and everything we get from disenchanting everything. Frozen Orbs and other crap like that can also go in here, as it may be a spillover from Tab 6 as well.
Tab 8 will be up in the air and we'll deal with it when we get to it.
Most members will have limited access to most of these tabs, except tab 1. Veterans and Guildleaders will have more access to the GB and can pull things out for the rest of the guild as necessary. Of course all Guild Veterans and every Guild Leader must have an authenticator attached to their account, so there is no major risk of getting ninja'd.
There will be 2 people directly responsible for the weekly purging and organizing of the Guild Bank. Believe it or not, some people really enjoy doing that. Personally, I look at the Guild Bank as a chore that's too closely related to what i do on a day to day basis at work, but that's just me. Those brave souls that relish in organization are much better people than I, and I sincerely applaud their noble efforts.
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